Only 6% of households are single parents in Esprels
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (4.5%), Esprels is below 90% of compared French towns. At 5.4%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 85% of compared French towns. This Haute-Saône town had 699 residents in 330 households at the 2023 census. The share of households in social housing stands at 3.9%.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Saône median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
A −2% change since 2012: slower than 77% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +3%, then −5% to 2023.
Older than 72% of compared French towns: half of Esprels is over 47.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Esprels 47.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Esprels comes in at 10%. In Esprels, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 36% in Esprels, more than in 53% of compared French towns
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Haute-Saône median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.1 people in the average household. At 25%, the share of couples with children is higher than in just over half of compared French towns. On average, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
16% of homes are flats, fewer than in 75% of compared French towns
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Second homes: 3.7% here and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Empty homes are more common here than in 53% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €24,560 a year
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
Half of residents live in households above €24,560 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
In Esprels, 24% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 87% of compared French towns
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 22% in Esprels. Elsewhere, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.6% of residents are immigrants, below 77% of compared French towns
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.6% of residents are foreign nationals here. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 80% of compared French towns: 22% of residents 15 and over are single
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
The share of married residents is 44%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 88% of compared French towns, at 19%
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
By its share of adults with no qualification (25%), Esprels is above just over three quarters of compared French towns. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 699 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Esprels is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esprels | 47.5 | 22% | 3.7% | 3.6% |
| Vesoul 15,078 · 11.6 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 3.2% | 14% |
| Échenoz-la-Méline 3,158 · 11.7 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 2% | 5.8% |
| Lure 7,877 · 11.8 mi | 44.2 | 24% | 1.9% | 11% |
| L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs 2,780 · 11.9 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.4% |
| Baume-les-Dames 5,155 · 13 mi | 48.7 | 29% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Ronchamp 2,737 · 16.7 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 2.9% | 3.4% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Esprels
What is the population of Esprels?
699 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (712).
How old are Esprels’ residents?
The median age is 47.5, older than 72% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Esprels?
14, with occasional dwellings: 3.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Esprels?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Esprels?
€24,560 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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